UPI charges from October 15; Activate’s maiden fundHappy Wednesday! The NPCI has announced charges on select UPI merchant payments. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
16 Sep, 2026, 08.00 AM IST
ET Under 40 2026: As AI races ahead, leaders urged to put purpose above successSivakumar Sundaram highlighted the importance of collective purpose at The Economic Times awards, urging awardees to utilize recognition as...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.49 AM IST
OpenAI is working with Anthropic, Google on AI safety: Bloomberg NewsGlobal concerns about AI's existential risks have risen after the heads of America's leading AI labs came together in a show of unity over ...
15 Sep, 2026, 08.23 PM IST
From hallucinating AI chatbots to wiping out humanity: How did we get here?The heads of America's leading AI labs came together in a rare show of unity over the weekend to call for a pause in the technology's devel...
15 Sep, 2026, 04.48 PM IST
Trump calls Nvidia's Jensen Huang live on stage, says AI safety concerns are a ‘hoax’Donald Trump spoke with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about artificial intelligence. He dismissed growing concerns over AI safety, calling them a...
15 Sep, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
Investors nervous about AI spending slowdown after industry warningsRecent dire pronouncements about AI potentially endangering humanity were followed over the weekend by calls from AI leaders, including Ant...
15 Sep, 2026, 10.45 AM IST
Trump dismisses AI safety alarm, says US already has tools to police industry"The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!" Trump wrot...
15 Sep, 2026, 09.32 AM IST
Doomers and boosters: who's who in the AI warsThe furious debate over artificial intelligence has hardened into warring camps -- and a cautious middle. Today, most of the doomers warnin...
15 Sep, 2026, 08.19 AM IST
Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis backs Anthropic boss Dario Amodei's calls for AI slowdownAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to slow down AI development and introduce third-party evaluators has sparked major reactions. Google Deep...
13 Sep, 2026, 11.32 PM IST
Anthropic's Dario Amodei calls for slower pace of AI model developmentIn an essay published on Saturday, Amodei said recent advances have convinced him that artificial intelligence companies need to deliberate...
13 Sep, 2026, 04.08 PM IST
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slower AI progress, warns of 'catastrophic' risksAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocates for a more measured pace in AI development. He warns that rapid progress could outpace our understandi...
13 Sep, 2026, 06.29 AM IST
Anthropic's Dario Amodei calls for slower pace of AI model developmentAnthropic chief Dario Amodei urges slowing advanced AI development for safety. He believes current progress outpaces our understanding and ...
12 Sep, 2026, 08.59 PM IST
US Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging FaceSen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., launched an investigation Thursday into OpenAI for its artificial intelligence system hacking into another AI comp...
11 Sep, 2026, 08.50 AM IST
US lawmakers probe OpenAI over AI ‘going rogue’ as fears of human control growUS lawmakers are demanding answers from OpenAI about artificial intelligence safety. Senator Josh Hawley is investigating an incident where...
11 Sep, 2026, 06.34 AM IST
Will OpenAI, Anthropic decide humanity’s fate? Inside the growing push to regulate AIAI researchers are sounding the alarm over existential threats posed by the swift advancement of artificial intelligence. They warn that th...
10 Sep, 2026, 01.41 PM IST
'AI could kill all humans’: Anthropic employee raises alarm over AI arms raceAI researcher Jacob Coxon has quit Anthropic and the AI industry, warning that companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI are moving too quickl...
09 Sep, 2026, 09.04 PM IST
OpenAI launches new Astra model amid growing scrutiny over agents' safetyThe concerns center on agentic AI, which is designed to perform tasks with little to no human intervention. The promise of agents running...
04 Sep, 2026, 08.41 AM IST